Beneath the scales of Australia's iconic monitor lizards (commonly known as goannas), scientists have discovered an ...

Along a narrow mountain road snaking through the Himalayas, a clawed creature with “bent” toes moved along the ground. Its ...

Scientists have uncovered hidden bony armor—called osteoderms—beneath the skin of 29 goanna species across Australasia, a ...

Australian goannas adapted remarkably well to harsh climates. Scientists looking for hidden bone structures in lizards may be ...

Draco Lizards (Draco volans) are also known as the flying dragon. This lizard species is small in size, only growing up to 8.4 inches long, but is able to take flight like a dragon.

The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation collects information about the whereabouts of the distinct reptile species.

The five-lined skink is the only native New Jersey lizard that is found throughout the state.

Can these endangered lizards beat the heat? Scientists test bold relocation plan Date: June 26, 2025 Source: Flinders University Summary: South Australia’s tiny pygmy bluetongue skink is baking ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected evolutionary survival traits. Night lizards (family Xantusiidae) survived the ...

Night lizards also had a fairly small geographic range—another characteristic that should have made it difficult for them to persist after the asteroid strike, Lo adds.

Texans can vote on three potential designs to update the horned lizard plate, which was the first conservation-themed plate.

While the lizards take time to acclimatise to their new homes, translocation remains one of the more important ways to conserve rare species and mitigate extinction risk to climate and habitat ...